From the web site of the DC Water
and Sewer Authority: “From its inception in 1938 until 1996, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Utility Administration was a part of the DC Government. In 1996, the DC Government and the U.S. Government collaborated to create the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DCWASA), a semiautonomous regional entity. Although DCWASA continues to maintain some ties with the DC Government, its finances are now separate. The Authority develops its own budget which is incorporated into the District's budget and then forwarded to Congress. All funding for operations, improvements and debt financing now comes through usage fees, EPA grants and the sale of revenue bonds. The new organizational structure enables DCWASA to respond quickly to changes in the industry, to create its own regulations and policies for procurement, human resources and finances, to negotiate its own contracts and labor agreements and to sell bonds.

“DCWASA's daily operations are controlled by a General Manager who reports to an 11-member Board of Directors. Six of the board members represent the District and five represent the adjoining jurisdictions, two members each from Prince Georges and Montgomery counties in Maryland and one from Fairfax County in Virginia. The Board met for the first time on September 26, 1996. The Board holds regular meetings on the first Thursday of the month. For information about Board or Committee meetings, which are open to the public,
contact the Board Secretary at 202-787-2330.

“DCWASA provides retail water and wastewater services to its residential and commercial customers in the District, with rates for these services set by the Authority's District of Columbia Board Members. Wholesale wastewater treatment is provided to portions of Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in Maryland and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia, as well as to the town of Vienna, Virginia. These suburban jurisdictions pay the full cost for their use of facilities and services based on a funding formula in the Blue Plains Intermunicipal Agreement. DCWASA's Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in southwest Washington, is the largest advanced wastewater treatment facility in the world.

“The Authority buys its drinking water from the Washington Aqueduct, a division of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Aqueduct treats the water and DCWASA distributes it throughout the District.”
http://www.dcwasa.com/about/gen_overview.cfm.

US House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Technology,
Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, “A
Public Health Tragedy: How Flawed CDC Data and Faulty Assumptions
Endangered Children’s Health in the Nation’s Capital,” May
20, 2010

Committee on Public Works and the Environment, Report on the
Investigation into the Conduct and Operations of the District of
Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Relating to Lead in Drinking Water
and Its Lead Service Replacement Program, December
21, 2004

DC Appleseed Center, “Lead in the District of Columbia Drinking
Water,” December
8, 2004 (in PDF format, on the Center’s web site

John Capacasa, US Environmental Protection Agency, letter to Jerry
Johnson, DC WASA, notifying WASA of its noncompliance with the Lead
and Copper Rule, March 31, 2004

John Capacasa, US Environmental Protection Agency, letter to Glenn
Gerstell and Jerry Johnson, DC WASA, requesting information to
determine compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, March
31, 2004

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, motion for a preliminary
injunction against the DC Water
and Sewer Authority, including draft order and press release, March
26, 2004

DC WASA, advertisement in Washington Post for public hearing
on proposed rate increase, March 25, 2004

US Environmental Protection Agency, additional clarification of letter
sent on March 22, 2004 (below), March 24, 2004

Mayor Anthony Williams and Councilmember Carol Schwartz, letter to
President George W. Bush requesting federal reimbursement to the
District of Columbia and WASA for blood testing, water testing,
communications, logistics support, and lead pipe replacement, March
23, 2004

Rep. Paul Gillmor, announcement of investigation of lead in water
by House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous
Materials, including letters to DC WASA, EPA, and GAO, March
15, 2004

Department of Health, Blood Lead Levels as of February 3, 2004-March
11, 2004

DC WASA, press release, lead levels decrease dramatically in retest
of two homes with highest levels, March 11,
2004

DC WASA, interim actions to respond to lead in drinking water issue,
March 10, 2004

US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington Aqueduct, and DC WASA,
Action Plan To Reduce the Occurrence of Lead Leaching
from Service Lines, Solder, or Fixtures Into Tap Water In the District
of Columbia And Arlington County and Falls Church, Virginia, March
10, 2004

Committee on Public Works and the Environment Investigation into the
Conduct and Operations of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer
Authority Special Project Resolution of 2002, PR 15-___, passed March
3, 2004

Carol Schwartz press release on letter to Senator James Inhofe and
President George Bush requesting federal involvement in investigation
of WASA lead contamination matter, February
27, 2004